General correspondence, c. 1992-1999

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Letters and cards received by Murray Including: personal letters from friends and other writers; offers to speak and attend festivals and other events; congratulations on winning the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1997, including one from Prime Minister John Howard; get-well wishes after a serious illness in 1996; letters sympathising with Murray's depression after the publication of Killing the black dog in 1997; and general fan mail.

Correspondents include Tony Abbott, Ang Cheon Geok, Tim Bowden, Geoffrey Dutton, Bob Ellis, Carmel Gaffney, Lynn Hard, Barry Hill, Ted Hughes, Manfred Jurgensen, Brian Kennedy, Christopher Koch, Philip Martin, Ann Moyal, Geoff Page, Glen Phillips, Peter Porter, Eric Rolls, Bill Scott, Angela Smith, Gary Smith, Joe Spears, William Stoneking and Janette Turner Hospital. There are a small number of postcards sent home by Murray whilst overseas in 1997.

See Folder 271 for Murray's letters to newspaper editors, Folder 276 for correspondence relating to Murray's involvement in the writing of the Preamble to the Constitution, and Folder 277 for correspondence from Murray's biographer, Peter Alexander.

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